midtour

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adjective

Occurring or existing in the middle of a tour

OriginEnglish tour ← Old French tour ← Latin tornō →
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Meanings

adjectivemidtour (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring or existing in the middle of a tour
adverbmidtour (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the middle of a tour

    But for these soldiers, it is all the more so because of the length of their deployment, which was extended midtour from one year to 15 months.

    2007 November 3, Lisa W. Foderaro, “For Soldiers Families, Battles Are Not Far Off”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
  13. Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
  14. Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
  15. Latintornus
  16. Latintornō
  17. Old Frenchtorner
  18. Old Frenchtour
  19. Englishtour
  20. Englishmidtour

From mid- + tour.

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Cite this entry
APA

midtour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midtour

MLA

“midtour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midtour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midtour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midtour.

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